diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_17to1_16_4/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_17.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_17to1_16_4/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_17.java
index a3c6a665..0c532c23 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_17to1_16_4/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_17.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_17to1_16_4/rewriter/EntityPacketRewriter1_17.java
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public final class EntityPacketRewriter1_17 extends EntityRewriter<ClientboundPa
         protocol.registerClientbound(ClientboundPackets1_17.PLAYER_COMBAT_KILL, ClientboundPackets1_16_2.PLAYER_COMBAT, wrapper -> {
             wrapper.write(Types.VAR_INT, 2);
 
-            wrapper.passthrough(Types.VAR_INT); // Duration
+            wrapper.passthrough(Types.VAR_INT); // Duration/Player id
             wrapper.passthrough(Types.INT); // Killer id
             protocol.getComponentRewriter().processText(wrapper.user(), wrapper.passthrough(Types.COMPONENT));
         });
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_20to1_19_4/Protocol1_20To1_19_4.java b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_20to1_19_4/Protocol1_20To1_19_4.java
index 39b3603b..e8a941ae 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_20to1_19_4/Protocol1_20To1_19_4.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/viaversion/viabackwards/protocol/v1_20to1_19_4/Protocol1_20To1_19_4.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public final class Protocol1_20To1_19_4 extends BackwardsProtocol<ClientboundPac
             wrapper.write(Types.INT, -1); // Killer ID - unused (who knows for how long?)
         });
         registerClientbound(ClientboundPackets1_19_4.PLAYER_COMBAT_KILL, wrapper -> {
-            wrapper.passthrough(Types.VAR_INT); // Duration
+            wrapper.passthrough(Types.VAR_INT); // Player ID
             wrapper.write(Types.INT, -1); // Killer ID - unused (who knows for how long?)
             translatableRewriter.processText(wrapper.user(), wrapper.passthrough(Types.COMPONENT));
         });